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News, reviews, and ideas you can use from librarians and library staff at RPL
By Teens, For Teens – The Chase by Elle Kenneday & One of Us Is Lying
Posted about 4 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations, Teens
| Tagged with book recommendations, book recs, book reviews, booksforteens, byteensforteens, ireadya, teenreads, volunteen
By now I hope you’ve read our previous By Teens, For Teens blog posts and are starting to look forward to them! This series is all teen-created content and makes it […]
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Music of the Month – June 2021
Posted about 4 years ago by Ben Himmelfarb
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Book Reviews
Music of the Month is a monthly round-up of RPL’s programs and resources related to music. Gellman Room Concerts @ RPL The Gellman Room Concert season is complete, but you […]
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YA Book Pairings: AAPI Heritage Month
Posted about 4 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Asian American, Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations, Teens
| Tagged with #aapi, #aapiauthors, #aapiheritagemonth, #asianauthors, #asianpacificamericanheritagemonth, #diverseauthors, #ireaddiversebooks, #ireadya, #stopaapihate, #stopasianhate, #teenreads, booksforteens
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. This monthly celebration recognizes people from the East, the Southeast, the Indian subcontinent and the Pacific Islands. Although we sometimes group […]
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Celebrate the Days – June
Posted about 4 years ago by Meg Raymond
There are holidays and observances almost every day of the month – so many reasons to celebrate. I’m not saying there should be cake every day, but I’m not […]
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Posted about 4 years ago by kathryn Coker
Federal Legislation After unsuccessful federal legislative attempts to approve a week during the first 10 days in May as Pacific/Asian American Heritage Week, Congress passed New York Representative Frank Horton‘s House […]
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Gemini Book Horoscope
Posted about 4 years ago by Robyn Webb
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Book Horoscopes, Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with astrology, book horoscopes, book recommendations, book recs, book reviews, reading suggestions
Every month of 2021, we will be sharing a tailored horoscope blog post for the current sun sign plus something a little extra so the rest of us aren’t completely […]
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X & Y Chromosomal Variation Awareness Month
Posted about 4 years ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones
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Adult, Families, Health and Wellness, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, Teens
| Tagged with children, Chromosomes, Down syndrome, Genetic, health and wellness, law, Law Library, medical injustice, mental health, teens, undiagnosed, X and Y chromosomal variations
In 2012 the State Legislature passed HJ216 2012 which designated May as “X & Y Chromosomal Variation Awareness Month”. Genetic Disorders X & Y Chromosomal Variations are genetic disorders. […]
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2021 Teen Reading Challenge: Shared Talents
Posted about 4 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Fiction, nonfiction, Reading Challenge, Reading Recommendations, Teens
| Tagged with 2021rplteenreadingchallenge, art, baking, booksforteens, cooking, fashion, ireadya, music, readingchallenge, sports, stem, teenreadingchallenge, teenreads, teentalent, writing
Welcome to month five of the 2021 RPL Teen Writing Challenge. How’s it been going?? If you’re completing the challenge in order, this month you’ll be focusing on prompt #5 […]
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Slice-of-life graphic novels for all ages
Posted about 4 years ago by Alexandra Zukas
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Book Reviews
| Tagged with books for adults, children's books, graphic novels, reading suggestions, young adult
So when I say “slice of life,” you might be wondering what that means in terms of genre. In slice-of-life fiction, the story focuses on a short episode in a […]
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COLONIAL FOUNDERS DAY: And Searching RPL’s New Catalog
Posted about 4 years ago by kathryn Coker
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Adult, Audiobooks, Events, History and Preservation, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library
In 2004, the Virginia General Assembly designated May 14th as Colonial Founders Day. So, I decided for this blog to give a short historical overview of Jamestown and then launch […]
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